Pilobolus: A performance merging dance and biology

[angelofsin80]

Met this couple, they were nice. Invited them over for dinner, wonderful conversation. Decided to have some fun and brought out the twister mat. Night ruined.

Seriously though, this was beautiful beyond words.

[Gr4yW0rld]

I am so confused

[Nitrousx]

what the fuck

[Mizu121able]

I truly believe it is a birth of relationship of creatures through time. It first begins with the woman as as the star searching for place to plant her seed. The man as the earth trying to resist the womans need for change. The woman ,Life, eventually gets her way and ends with the woman as a human being looking up at the heavens waiting to see what comes next and the man as the earth constantly complacently circling.

<Nice job with controling those muscles. i'm always in awe seeing this! :)

[FLAlVlE]

That's ridiculous, to have the upper body strength to move like that

[runningwaters787]

This dance is flawless! Complete grace and amazing talent...a wonderful piece all the way around- dancers, musicians, composition, choreography..... so thrilled they are coming to Gainesville!

[ISickNewton]

And why is this in the top 10 again....

[PotiusSeroQamNumquam]

Suddenly, dancing.

[Gilmerrambo]

Suddenly, erection.

[JeffrySummer]

Cannot wait to see PILOBOLUS when they come to Winspear Opera House here in Dallas! This coming Saturday, Nov 19th!!! I'm gathering up some buddies for this one. I remember seeing a TITAS presentation of AEROS back in 2006 where Russian gymnasts choreographed gymnastic movements to music... It was AWESOME!!!

[rooroo1988]

13:41 Steve Jobs

[prismwriter]

Expounding on the concept of symbiosis in movement, rhythm, self expression, and practice made perfect. This dance is really saying something.

[ckarenklaassen]

bueniisiimo :) no hay otra descripciion paraa algoo tan maravillosoo :D

[ckarenklaassen]

bueniisiimo :) no hay otra descripciion paraa algoo tan maravillosoo :D

[eiryn24]

it's dr. Manhattan!!

[MelissaTicky]

my sister and i used to do this stuff when we were younger, never knew people actually did this as a semi pro thing.

[pdfkickass]

It's absolutely adorable seeing the obvious connection between these two. As soon as I saw them both smiling at each other it melted my heart~ Bravo!

[yufotricksterTV]

I like the " contact Improvisation ".

[Swimmerandskier]

whaaatt?>  6:38

[TheAmazingamerica]

this is freaky, he looks like a white alien frog, u could see his boner, and the entire thing is disgusting. LOL @ people who paid to watch this.

[musicamuse55]

@TheAmazingamerica I would suggest you learn what Art is before making foolish and uneducated comments such as this. I'm sure we would all appreciate it if you could keep your ignorance to yourself, please. Thank you!

[TheAmazingamerica]

@musicamuse55 It isn't art if someone has to go learn about it.

[GypsieKitten]

while this is not my favorite form of dance, the strength of these to dancers is amazing.

[hallomijnnaamisilona]

Absolutely breathtaking! What an amazing performance! Intimate, respectful and beautifully danced! Thank you for sharing!!

[awesomeguyrocks1]

This is beautiful :')

[sirdeedee]

Finding This Much Trust Now Is Like Finding A Unicorn

[sirdeedee]

TRUST !!

[slayerkid0196]

These people are absolute geniuses.

[jesusfreak05488]

frigen creepy...but in a good way

[jesusfreak05488]

frigen creepy

[musiclovepassion]

this is amazing. so intense..

[TaciturnEternity]

I have a question about this AMAZING PERFORMANCE. Did they set the music to the dancing, or the dancing to the music? Anyone know somehow?

[lanthrow]

@TaciturnEternity  They usally make the dance and then create music to the dance, at least thats how Pilobolus usally does it.

[woetothepubliceye]

OWLING AT 9:03!

[itubeyoublah]

too bad someone's cellphone didn't go off

[poembecquer]

Genios

[aarongrooves]

I feel like I'm watching a scene from 5th Element. Loved it though, of course! It actually held my complete attention the entire time. I can imagine the time and dedication that goes into reaching such a high level of control and synchronization. Not to mention the choreography. Just blew me away!!

[chemical93girl]

How beauteous mankind is! Oh brave new world that has such people in it!

[litolpnoy]

So this is what Voldemort did when he had a nose...

[mlaredspc]

This whole performance I was waiting for the shadow people to come out -_-

[TranceFur]

That guy is a demigod...

[WoWfosho22]

i just dont get the point of this.....

[ImNotaUTubeGeek]

Absolutely breathtaking! I'm sorry our society has become so sensual, so ignorant and so close-minded. This is beautiful.

[arturo8942]

=)

[nadia641]

wonderful performance!

[neSarang3528]

I dont know wtf I just saw but it was the most interesting/amazing thing I've ever seen.

[BenJaminTunes]

Nature in the most raw format that the human body can express

[TheFreakfort]

CHECK OUT, THIS PERFORMANCE ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=FiFqtGMMp6­I&feature=channel_video_title

[ToucanTorte]

I watch this every once in a while and it always makes me want to do what they do. I imagine the experience of practicing and performing this is really satisfying.

[DocUnsane]

I just got a boner.

[GardenMarina]

unbelievable...

[kitkatrivera]

This is something I can't explain... This is technically and scientifically amazing.

[kitkatrivera]

70= people don't understand this kind of underground dance. This is another level of difficulty and science.

[tisahuat]

this is amazing.

[inibedoya23]

Es sencillamente maravilloso, he quedado sorprendida, hermoso de verdad que si, no tengo palabras para expresar la eentero placer que me ha causado verlo... Mil y mil gracias por compartirnos este maravilloso arte.



[Hempy66]

these is incredible.. wow amazed

[ihatehumanity]

amazing!!!

[sadrichi]

wowowow..very nice i like it so much, the way it's begun and the way it ends..incredibal.. it's story of every humanbeing..it's a story of two lovers that what i see that what i felt..maybe cuz i'm new in love but the show is very tactful..i thank the actors as well that person who uploaded this amazing vedeo finaly i would like to dedicat it to my life ritchiee..thumb up for those who feel the true art.

[QuirozAbiack]

72 people hate performances thats what the put a 'hand down'

[LuisVazAr]

que trabajo tan mas limpio y estetico....!!! El mejor Performance que he visto

[cielodelharem1]

hermoso,bravoooo ,,sin palabras.

[sumanakful]

awesumst performanc evr....

[mastersek]

holy shit that is amazingly strong!! that dude has like super strengt or something

[Fileburner]

soundtrack is amazing!!!

[PeterPin8]

SENCILLAMENTE.... MARAVILLOSO

[manthasagittarius]

Here finally you can believe in evolution and the primal meeting of Adam and Eve at the same time. And with the law of gravity repealed in the bargain.

[prisilarocks]

This was such and amazing performance it was very moving. they danced and moved so effortlessly and had amazing control over their bodies !!!

[comoody]

One of the most beautiful, riveting things I've ever seen. The music was mesmerizing.

[hyperthreaded]

My spine hurts.

[Gollumchips]

*KOTZ* WTF/WTH?! WAS IST DAS?!

[EwigesEis]

@Gollumchips Eine Performance, die Tanz und Biologie verbindet. Also scheinbar nichts für dich.

[djsix2sixable]

i gotta tell my Crossfit to get my core like this

[farragatish]

Huge

[ocshorty]

Thumbs up if this kinda reminds you of Avatar

[alildrumhappy]

Like dancing in water! minus the water. They flow so well and he makes her look weightless

[thingstodo645]

beautiful

[shmooksi]

what is the story of this ? I thought it was discovery of the body, or the body of the opposite sex..

[MardukHail]

Dancing is a great way to get laid. Making a lot of money is a better way.

[samthefish86]

as an artist and performer it's my artistic opinion that the reason so many comments on here refer to sex or the seeming sexual energy between the two dancers relates to how intimate one has to be with one's partner in order to free the body enough to create and perform a piece like this. they treat each others' bodies like their own, unafraid to put their face right into an arm pit or crotch. most of us only give over to this freedom of movement and space when we are having a sex.

[mimeoftime]

@samthefish86 That was said flawlessly, I could not agree with you more. I loved this performance which in some way is weird because I'm 18 6ft pretty fat and black that does nothing but study computers, smoke weed and play video games. however I know talent when I see it and am not afraid to give it the recognition that it deserves. I feel that dance as an art is forwned upon by most men as a "girly" thing to do which sickens me now that ive seen this masterpiece.

[ladybugorange]

so fluid and flawless!!

[wangfunway]

sorry, i can't understand wha't the fucking content they want to express...

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[MardukHail]

I have no idea what this has to do with biology. That dude has huge nuts (not that I was looking). I was just thinking how sweaty they must've been on that lit stage during all those gymnastics.  She stuck her face right down there. That gal's a real trooper!

[venomschild0]

I first saw this clip 3 years ago, and it still gets to me. The dance is so beautiful!

[clorofilazul]

Where can I find the music?

Any name?

[sanjudance]

This is amazingly mindblowing..!!!!..OMG....!!..­A new era in dance..!Never watched any kind of stuff like this..so innovative!!

[Tony3770]

kinda creepy but really hard to perform amazing!

[amtt310]

Outstanding!



[amtt310]

Outstanding!

[Mika110192]

I think this dance is really about the complexity of trust and the making of relationship and what has to go into it. I though it was really awkward but when you think about what this really mean it turns into a masterpiece.

[ToucanTorte]

@Mika110192 That's so true, at points it seems kind of awkward and at others it is effortless; both characteristics of a complex relationship.

[ToucanTorte]

Respond to this video... k

[IRIS8111]

Excelente trabajo !!!...

[oooomkar1]

its really coool..!

[Mozarttheflower]

It's absolutely beautiful,

[TaciturnEternity]

This is one of the most magical and amazing things I have ever seen in my entire life. I cried watching this. What an incredible art.

[tourse]

It's so hypnotic, disturbing but so amazingly creative and beautiful :D

[sudanesedomain]

Is the guy wearing a thong? xD

[bellydancerseda]

çok güzel mükemmel uyum denge estetik bayıldım:)

[bellydancerseda]

çok güzel mükemmel uyum denge estetik bayıldım:)

[PicoPicoHammah]

Its cool but its also kinda disturbing...

[hardy329]

this is what happens when watchmen meets avatar

[madziulala1]

omg this is amazing!!

[MethyleneDMA]

this is fantastic. theyre both perfect specimens eh?

[Faith97]

this is a little bit like butho dance or it is butoh dance????

[KkAaTtUuSsHh]

@Faith97

yeah, this is butoh

[entinia]

I can't stop staring at his donkey dick.

[rachelwynn]

Oh my god. I agree completely with suzanazzz...i'm speechless! D:

[meandyoucinema]

Damn! That's HOT!

[suzanazzz]

This is something totally new, very honest performance, simply 2 human bodies as strong as nature makes them.

The MOst Amazing performance I've ever seen!!!

[suzanazzz]

This is something totally new, very honest performance, simply 2 human bodies as strong as nature makes them.

The MOst Amazing performance I've ever seen!!!

[ammon123456]

So.. Who won?

[sirchompsalot]

This is super fuckin bad ass man. I've got the idea that this may be the finest modern art the world has right now.

[LWolstencroft]

It's almost as if they defy gravity. So graceful and unlike anything I've ever seen before.

[valambiguous]

Absolutely AMAZING!!!

[AVangarDIsrael]

avatar 4D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[downwiththetide55]

The best dance I have ever seen. So precise so beautiful so intriguing just beautiful

[ganjagunn]

fabulous....

[talleresJUVENTUD]

un verdadero arte 

[Gabo2005mx]

Excitante & Dramatico.... Tuve Un Viaje Incleible En Mi Cabeza... Gracias Por El Boleto..!!!! = = = = = = Exciting & Dramatic .... I had a Incleible a Trip In My Head ... Thanks For The Ticket ..!!!!

[cudd3r]

WTF IS THIS???

[DreamForSoul]

Just ... awesome !!!!!!! The first time of my life I see such a dance.

[kokodrilito]

this.... I dont have words to explain it! wow!!!!

amazed!!! it took me to a nirvana... just....

[andreamland]

amazing

[andreamland]

amazing

[098anne]

So beautiful! Thanks!!

[graceatbaker]

this is why I still love dance, despite everyone's criticism of the abstractness of modern dance.

bravo, Pilobolus.

[impalla202]

WOW.. she has like no tits :@

[impalla202]

hopefully her vag didn't stink that day...

[ViolaHero]

I wonder what it'd be like if they had sex.

[leparditas]

@ViolaHero you dont want to know :D

[charliepants90]

@ViolaHero i thought this was them haveing sex

[designerlarry]

@ViolaHero Big time. Acrobatics, modeling nude, sex. Perfect together!

[eversoul1978]

@ViolaHero

probably in slo-mo under blue lights!

[stigmhc]

@ViolaHero

they already are

[cajayboy]

I started crying when she crab walked onto his head! It's good to know I'm not the only one who got crabs that way!

[verano29]

I must be missing something, I'm not impressed in the least.

[invaderpink]

That was fantastically different but anyone else feel a little awkward at the parts where his head was under her butt?

[harounkola]

Stunningly beautiful

[JCH10194]

WHAT IS THIS?!

[arisu23c]

Amazing!

[meggimeeshine]

i felt like....i could die...and be reborn again...graciously

[flowerofthelily]

I am stunned, gorgeous. So strong and graceful...

[karolinefgp1000]

wow ke increible parece ke estan flotando!!!

asombroso....o:

increible como se mueven y la fuerza, flexibilidad y habiilidad y tooodooo lo ke tienen para lograr eso tan hermoso

woow

[cassidy1261]

Woah! That's crazy!! :)

[stemega]

It's as if they're immersed in some sort of thick liquid, moving around with plankton/jellyfish-ish movements.

[NYvideoUS]

It really is a fabulous video thanks

[khemikal22]

holy crap !!! they make it look like they each weigh 1o lbs, but this is crazy cool

[lilchi13]

that's the most freakiest, but most awesomest dance i have ever seen!!!!

[vladimirthehamster]

What just happened??

[AnACaMaRgO101]

PALE CHEEKS!!!

[TheFoefje]

sjiek!!!

[rock100girl961]

makes me think of being on a different planet and seing some new species. Really smooth and flowy...amazing!

[sickosandsuch]

Wonderfully done.

[ChantHappy]

Je reste sans mots .... Perfection absolue ! Beauté .... Merci infiniment ♥♥♥♥♥♥

[SpaghettoStudios]

That's the most beautiful dancing I've ever seen!

[FacelessVampire]

Wow, 13 minutes has passed already? I didn't notice.. I've never seen anything like this. So unique!

[EliskaLikesSKA]

I can´t belive my eyes! Is really possible for human beings to do such a movements? Incredible!

[LatestUFOSightings]

fucking creepy

[constipationnow]

dont u get it? they have sex in public, very discreet, but the are.

[Legallybrunette1234]

that's very beautiful in an eerie sort of way... i'll probably have nightmares tonight, but at the same time i couldn't help but think how beautiful this is.

[Dami424]

id love to see this and they are actually here tonight but the tickets are sold out :(

[mihagavia]

Sooo beautiful; it took my breath away.

[oolalamoi]

This is so amazing! I've never seen anything so beautiful and intriguing!